COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printed Works Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_epw_001bk
Shelfmark:
CAGE BX2080 .A2 1502
Title:
Printed Book of Hours (Use in Rome)
Alternative Title:
Hore beate marie v[ir]ginis s[e]c[un]d[u]m usu[m] Romanum ... requisitione aliqua cu[m] pluribus orationibus in gallico et latino
Alternative Title:
Hore beate virginis secundum usum Romanum absque requisitione aliqua cum pluribus orationisbus in gallico et latino
Author:
Catholic Church
Contributor:
Vostre, Simon, active 1488-1520
Contributor:
Pigouchet, Philippe, active 15th century-16th century
Contributor:
Master of the Unicorn Hunt, active approximately 1480-1510
Origin Date:
approximately 1502
Origin Location:
Paris (France)?
Description:
Illustrated book of hours, in Latin, with metal cut borders on every page, full page illustrations, and hand illuminated initials throughout text. Calendar, dated 1502-1520, in French. Metalcut border designs attributed to Jean d’Ypres, also known as Master of Anne de Bretagne (active ca. 1480-1510). The French printer and engraver Philippe Pigouchet (active 1488-1518) and the printer Simon Vostre (active 15th century) worked together to produce hundreds of Books of Hours between 1475 and 1600.
Provenance:
Printed in Paris by Simon Vostre and Pierre Pigouchet about 1502 based on Almanac dated 1502-1520. “Bohatta 752” written in pencil on verso of first flyleaf. Stern-Graveur book plate with motto “ex libris” device on front pastedown. Front cover stamped with "Nicole" in floral border; back cover stamped with "De Viry" in floral border.
Extent:
140 leaves
Subject:
Early printed books
Subject:
devotional calendars
Subject:
Decoration and ornament, Renaissance
Subject:
Dance of death
Subject:
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
Subject:
Books of hours--Texts
Subject:
Books of hours--France
Subject:
black letter (typefaces)
Subject:
illustrated books
Subject:
metal cuts
Language:
lat
Language:
fre
Dimensions:
19 cm
Material:
parchment
Physical Description:
Leaves signed on recto a-c⁸, d⁴, e-s⁸
Binding:
Contemporary calf over thin wooden boards, stamped with floral border. Front cover stamped with "Nicole" in floral border. Back cover stamped with "De Viry" in floral border. Yellowed parchment. Front and end leaves of modern paper.
Decoration Description:
Simon Vostre's device on title page, featuring a shield hung from a tree, supported by two leopards, and bearing the initials “SV.” 18 full-page metal cuts within architectural borders and 29 small metal cuts in text. Numerous scenes in paneled form with foliate decoration or bars. Many historiated metal cut borders on each page in black ink. On f. 2r, metal cut of the January Planetary Man shown as a skeleton surrounded by zodiacal instructions. Many 1 or 2 line gold initials on alternating grounds of red and blue within text, hand painted. Most initials smudged or missing gold, blue or red ink possibly from water damage. On ff. 91v-115v, text surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with panels of “dance of deaths” sequence. Numerous line fillers on ff. 84v-90v.
Description of Type:
Gothic type, 21 lines per page of printed text, ruled in red. Text in black with single line and two line hand painted blue and red and gold ink initials. Change of hands on last leaf, frame ruled in lead and hand written in gothic. Rubricated in red.
Is Part Of:
Early Printed Works Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2020
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States.
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.